The sewing machine was only the first of many labor-saving devices for the home; washing machines, dryers, dishwashers and vacuum cleaners all made housekeeping easier and cut down the work time required.
Needles are made two at a time, from coils of steel wire.
The first needles were hand-made out of bone, over 17,000 years ago by western Europeans and central Asians.
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